Tag: Seychelles

Seagrass at the waterline, SeychellesThe Seychelles is home to nearly 88,000 people of mixed background ancestry including French, African, Indian, Chinese and Arab. In the past 30 years much of the growth on the Islands has been led by the tourism sector w...

By Lawrence Hislop

Shoreline in the SeychellesEnvironmental pressures in the Seychelles, a group of granitic islands located in the Indian Ocean, are greatest on the coastal plain where over 80% of the country's flat land occurs. Marine and coastal ecosystems of the...

By Lawrence Hislop

Spectacular rock formations in the SeychellesThe Seychelles is a community consisting of 115 islands over 1,3 million square kilometers of the western Indian Ocean. Smoothed granite rocks such as this one are dotted over the islands. The Granitic Seychelles have be...

By Lawrence Hislop

Spectacular patterns caused by erosion, Seychelles.Rocks along the coast have been weathered, leaving dramatic formations.

By Lawrence Hislop

Spectacular rock formations in the SeychellesBoulders such as this one along the coast have been worn away, leaving dramatic formations.

By Lawrence Hislop

Channels in the sand, SeychellesThe idyllic Seychelles employ about 30% of the workforce in the tourism industry, which also generates approximately 70% of the country's hard currency. Development on the islands is concentrated on narrow coastal zones ...

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Protective stone wall, SeychellesVarious attempts have been made to protect the Seychelles Islands from further erosion. A protective sea wall is considered a "hard" engineering solution. Several sea walls which protected developments in the Seychelles ...

By Lawrence Hislop

Protective stone wall on artificial island, SeychellesParts of the shoreline in the Seychelles has been reclaimed from the sea, by coastal reclamation. These artificial islands, located around the capital Victoria, have been built to relieve the development pressure on hill...

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Protective stone wall by the roadside, SeychellesClimate change and sea level rise are shaping the Seychelles Islands in spectacular and dramatic ways. Clefts in the sand on the beaches and spectacular rock formations are some of the more aesthetically pleasing changes...

By Lawrence Hislop

Fish marketTuna fishing is a fundamental part of the economy and Seychelles is home to the Indian Ocean Tuna (IOT) factory, one of the largest tuna canning plants in the world. Tuna make an annual migration right through the middle...

By Lawrence Hislop

Fish marketTuna make an annual migration right through the Seychelles, making it ideally placed for tuna fishing. The Indian Ocean Tuna (IOT) factory, one of the largest tuna canning plants in the world, is located in Seychelles.

By Lawrence Hislop

Fishing vessels at portIn the Seychelles the fishing industry is thriving, especially tuna fishing. Commercial fishing is now at a point where it is as strong an industry in the region as tourism.